Cravat holder



S pt-18,1951

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Patented Sept. 18, 1951 CRAVAT HOLDER John W. Ogden, Pawtncket, R. I.,assignor to Irons & Russell Company, a corporation of Rhode IslandApplication May 9, 1950, Serial No. 160,873 (01. 24-49) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a cravat holder of the type in which thenecktie may be vertically moved and yet confined against lateralmovement.

Necktie holders of this general type have heretofore been provided andin some cases a hinge connection has been formed between the front barand the rear bar for easier insertion of the necktie into the holder. Inclosing any such device it frequently occurs that a misalignment of theparts occurs and connection fails.

One of the objects of this invention is to hinge a front bar to the rearbar which is mounted on the shirt with a clasping action which willcause the parts to align and maintain their alignment when in claspedposition.

Another object of this invention is to provide a clasping action by asimple bending of the parts for interlocking engagement.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cravat holder;

Figure 2 is a rear plan view;

Figure 3 is an edge view;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing the front bar asswung upon its hinge to open position to receive the tie andillustrating the shirt as being engaged by the back bar;

Figure 5 is a sectional view on a larger scale showing the claspingaction between the front bar and back bar with the parts in lockedposition; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing the parts about to bemoved into clasping position.

In proceeding with this invention I have provided a rear bar which has aresilient tongue for mounting it on a shirt. A front bar is hinged toone end of this rear bar, while the opposite ends of both bars are bentto form a latch on one which engages a catch on the other for releasablyholding the free ends of the bars in clasped relation.

With reference to the drawings, designates the back bar which has atongue ll cut from the stock thereof so that this tongue may engage theedge of a shirt 12, as shown in Figure 4, for supporting the bar inposition on the shirt. A hinge eye I4 is rolled on the rear bar at oneend and a front bar I having a pair of hinge eyes I 6 straddles the eye14 and a pin l1 passes through wardly and inwardly as at 20 and is cutaway as at 21 intermediate its opposite width edges to provide achannel. The end of the front bar 15 is curled rearwardly and inwardlyas at 22 while a portion 23 intermediate its width is pressed inwardlyand is of a dimension substantially the dimension of the channel 2|formed in the clasp portion 20. These parts may be sprung together sothat the tongue portion 23 is guided into the channel portion 2| whilethe opposite edges 22 of the front bar will snap over the convexcurvature 20 and hold the parts in clasped position. A finger portion 24is rolled outwardly from the curled portion 22 for release of the partswhen desired.

I claim:

A cravat holder comprising a back bar having a resilient finger to clampthe bar upon the edge of a shirt front and a front bar hinged at one endto the rear bar, one of said bars having the free end thereof providedwith a rolled portion with a channel opening therethrough and the otherof said bars having spaced rolled portions with a tongue positionedbetween said spaced portions and received in said channel opening whensaid spaced rolled portions are snapped over the said rolled portion ofthe other bar, and a lip on said tongue for manual engagement forseparating said rolled portions from engagement.

JOHN W. OGDEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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